centner

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In Austria, Denmark and Switzerland, 20th century, a unit of mass, = 50 kilograms (about 110.231 pounds av.).¹ In the 19th century, in the German Zollverein, Denmark and Norway the centner was 100 local Pfund or pund, = 50 kilograms.

In Austria Article 4 of the law² establishing the metric system specified that the
old Centner was equivalent to 56.0060 kilograms, although other sources say the
Centner was 56.001 kilograms³. At the same time in Austria the Zoll-Centner was 50 kg, and Article 3 of the above-mentioned law provided for a metrische Centner (metric centner) of
100 kilograms.